Rockstar
Unveiling Suburban Struggles: A Rockstar's Journey
Lyrics
Where I grew up the preacher knew my name
The preacher in the narrator's hometown knew their name.
By thirteen the light was smothered
By the age of thirteen, the narrator's light or innocence was extinguished or lost.
Never liked the shirt I'd like to wear
The narrator did not like the shirt they were asked to wear.
clways said go find another
Someone, possibly the preacher, always advised the narrator to find another shirt.
Don't you ever wonder
Expressing the theme of wondering about life without someone, possibly a significant other.
Don't you ever wonder
-What it'd be like without you
-Don't ever wonder
-Don't ever wonder
-What it'd be like without you
-If you get me started
If someone gets the narrator started, they will stay engaged or involved.
Get me started
-Get me started
-Then I'll stay
-cnd the neighbors
The narrator reflects on blurred relationships with neighbors, possibly due to something the narrator did, leading to gossip.
Their houses blurs to me now
-cll came out to watch the boy stutter
-Something he'd done
-Can you blame them
-clways had something to mutter
-Don't you ever wonder
Continuation of the theme of wondering about life without others, suggesting a fear of loneliness.
Don't you ever wonder
-What it'd be like without 'em
-Don't ever wonder
-Don't ever wonder
-What it'd be like without 'em
-If you get me started
If someone gets the narrator started, they will stay engaged or involved.
Get me started
-Get me started
-Then I'll stay
-Get me started
Encouragement to get the narrator started but then look the other way, possibly implying a lack of commitment or interest.
Come on get me started
-Get me started
-Then look the other way
-She calls me rockstar
The narrator is called a rockstar by someone, expressing a sense of identity and possibly admiration.
She calls me rockstar
-I never go hard
-If i could go home
-She called me baby
-Then I would lose it
-I'll never be the one she wants
-She calls me rockstar
-She calls me rockstar
-She calls me rockstar
-So I'm a rockstar
-She called me baby
If the narrator were called "baby," they would lose their composure, but they feel they won't be the one desired.
Then I would lose it
-I'll never be the one she wants
-She calls me
Repetition of being called a rockstar, with the suggestion that the person could control or influence the narrator.
She calls me
-She calls me
-If she wanted she could
-Get me started
Encouragement to get the narrator started, emphasizing a desire for engagement or activation.
Get me started
-Get me started
-Come on, get me started
-Get me started
Repetition of the desire to get started, possibly highlighting a longing for a specific response or interaction.
Get me started
-Get me started
-In the back of my van
Reflection on the narrator's identity and significance, emphasizing a sense of self.
In the palm of my hand
-I am still just that man
-I am still just that man
-Shiverteens, there they are
Reference to shiverteens driving broken cars, portraying a gritty or challenging reality of the narrator's life.
Driving our broken cars
-This is just how we are
-When you get me started
When someone gets the narrator started, it indicates a heightened state of involvement or emotion.
Get me started
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